Hod carrier&#39;s shingle



April 21, 1953 F. HARRIS, SR

HOD CARRIER'S SHINGLE Filed Jan. 2; 1951 Fred L. Harris, 5!

INVEN TOR.

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Patented Apr. 21, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOD CARRIERS SHINGLE Fred L. Harris, Sr., Loveland, Ohio Application January 2, 1951, Serial No. 203,848

2 Claims.. (Cl. 72-134) The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in plasterers tools, particularly so-called shingles, and has reference in particular to an improved shingle characterized by significant structural refinements and betterments.

As is known by those familiar with plasterwork and plasterer tools, hod carriers make daily use of simple shingles. The shingle is used by the hod carrier to scoop a limited amount of prepared plaster from a mixing board and to carry it, by aid of the shingle, to a plasterer working on a scaffold or in limited quarters such as a clothes closet. The plasterer then, using the trowel in a well known manner, scrapes the supply of plaster from the shingle onto the usual hawk. Since the shingles generally employed are crude and tiresome to handle there has long existed a need for a more satisfactory shingle. It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a structurally distinct shingle which will expedite work, save time and labor and will prove to be a practical and economical hod carriers aid.

In reducing to practice a preferred embodiment of the invention a shingle has been devised which, it is believed, amply fulfills the requirements of such an implement and provides something in which manufacturers and users will find their essential needs fully met, contained and effectually available.

One object of the invention is to provide a shingle that is unique in that it embodies a plate having an upturned lip at one end providing a satisfactory scoop. The plate is provided at the opposite ends with a pair of parallel hand grips. This permits the hand grips to be grasped with both hands and allows the hod carrier to scoop up a supply of plaster from the mixing board to be conveniently transported to the plasterer in need of same. Then, too, novelty is predicated on providing said plate with a transverse thumb rest which is situated to coact with the hand grips and which enables the hod carrier to place both thumbs against same to assist in shoving the scoop into the supply of plaster to more easily scoop it up for use.

Other objects and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings.

In the sheet of drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throu hout the views:

Figure 1 is a. perspective view of a hod carriers shingle constructed specifically in accordance with the principles of the invention herein disclosed; I

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; and,

Figure 3 is a section at right angles taken centrally on the transverse line 3-3 of Figure 1, also looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawings by reference numerals and accompanying lead lines the num'eral 4 designates a substantially rectangular rigidmetal plate of suitable gauge and appropriate rigidity. This will be about the size employed in constructing conventional type hod carriers shingles (not shown). The flat body por tion 6 of the plate is secured by screws or other fastenings 8 to the upper fiat surfaces [0 of a pair of handles or hand grips l2. The latter are substantially cylindrical in cross section to provide comfortable rounding surfaces for convenient grasping by the hod carrier. The forward or outer end portions of the hand grips are beveled as at M to facilitate slightly canting or tilting the shingle in scooping up plaster from the usual batch on a mixing board (latter not shown) The forward end portion of the plate projects beyond the bevels M as at I6 and provides the scoop proper which has an upturned lip l8 which digs into the batch of plaster on the mixing board and facilitates the act of shoveling it onto the main scoop portion l6.

To facilitate the step of riding the scoop into the batch of plaster on the mixing board and to give greater power in shoving the curved lip l8 into the plaster and scooping up same and feeding it on the plate portion I6 a thrust member is desirable. The thrust member is here denoted by the numeral 20 and this comprises a transversely disposed metal or equivalent plate. This is bent upon itself to provide an attaching flange 22 which is riveted, spot welded or otherwise connected to the intermediate transverse portion of the main plate 4. The other edge portion of this thrust plate is formed into a return bend or curl 24 and the bend defines a receiving channel 26 for reception of the thumbs of the hod carrier. The surface 28 of the bend provides a sort of stop for plaster which is scooped up and piled on the scoop portion I6 of the plate. It might be mentioned that the rivets or other fasteners are denoted by the numerals 30. It will be noticed too that this thrust plate is situated at the forward ends of the hand grips. Thus by clasping the hand grips with four fingers, that is one hand 3 grip in each hand, and placing the thumbs into the end portions of the channel-like receiver 26 the hod carrier has a satisfactory hold on the complete shingle. He can then conveniently ride the scoop, sled-like, into the batch of plaster on the mixing board, pick it up and then transport this small load to the plasterer on the scaffold in the next room or elsewhere. As usual the plasterer will take his trowel in one hand and rake the small load of plaster of! of the scoop and onto the board portion of the usual hawk.

It is submitted that a shingle possessed of the structural refinements and betterments herein disclosed will amply serve the collective and mutual needs of hod carriers and plasterers alike. The duties of the hod carrier tending the plasterer will be lightened and thus made more pleasant. All hands will benefit through the adoptionand use of this novelly improved shingle.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which theinvention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size and arrangement of details coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to in actual practice, if desired.

Having described the claimed as new is:

1. -A hod carriers shingle of the class described comprising a rectangular plate having a fiat body portion, one end of the body portion being laterally bent and defining a curvate lip, said lip coactingwith the adjacent portion of the plate in providing a scoop, a pair of spaced parallel hand grips fixed to the underside of the plate at the invention, what is end opposite said scoop, and a transverse thrust plate secured to the central top portion of said plate and having a return bend defining a channel for reception of a hod carrier's thumbs whereby said thrust plate coacts with the hand grips to assist in the thrusting of the shingle into a supply of plaster on a mixing board or the like.

2. A hod carriers shingle of the class described comprising a flat rectangular plate having an upturned lip on one transverse end defining a scoop, a pair of elongated hand grips attached to the underside of said plate adjacent the other transverse end of said plate, said hand grips being disposed in spaced parallelism, each of said hand grips having a bevel on its forward end portion, each bevel converging toward the underside of said plate and terminating at a point intermediate the transverse ends of said plate to permit canting of the shingle when the latter is thrust forwardly into a supply of plaster on a mixing board or the like, and a thrust plate secured transversely atop said rectangular plate and being disposed intermediate the transverse ends of said rectangular plate, said thrust plate having a return bend defining a channel for reception of a hod carriers thumbs whereby said thrust plate coacts with said hand grips to assist in the thrusting of the shingle in the plaster.

FRED L. HARRIS, SR.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,175,326 Thompson Oct. 10, 1939 2,481,233 Morset Sept. 6, 1949 2,531,133 Kloman, Jr Nov. 21, 1950 

